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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Barred from Leaving Country

Henrique Capriles, critic of the Maduro government, had passport seized at airport

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Kejal Vyas

May 18, 2017 4:41 p.m. ET

Prominent Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles said Thursday he was barred from leaving the country after authorities seized his passport while en route to the United Nations to denounce rights abuses by President Nicolás Maduro’s government.

The two-time presidential candidate was scheduled to fly to New York but was stopped by immigration officials at the airport near Caracas, where street protests calling for an end to...